On a Machine Gun?
Machine Gun, Automatic Weapon of Small Calibre That Is Capable of Sustained Rapid Fire. Most Machine Guns Are Belt-Fed Weapons That Fire from 500 to 1,000...
machine gun, automatic weapon of small calibre that is capable of sustained rapid fire. Most machine guns are belt-fed weapons that fire from 500 to 1,000 rounds per minute and will continue to fire as long as the trigger is held back or until the supply of ammunition is exhausted.
How does a machine gun shoot?
Just after a new cartridge is loaded into the breech, the firing-pin cam slides out of the groove and the spring propels it forward. The pin hits the cartridge, firing the bullet down the barrel. ... The Gatling gun is often considered a machine gun because it shoots a large number of bullets in a short amount of time.
What is ATF definition of a machine gun?
ATF Rul. 81-4
The National Firearms Act, 26 U.S.C. 5845(b) defines “machine gun” to include any combination of parts designed and intended for use in converting a weapon to shoot automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger.
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